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sexuality: critical to addressing poverty and food insecurity
Published in 2015
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Sexuality is a defining aspect of being human. How individuals choose to express their sexuality has ramifications on their health, well-being, participation in, and contribution to societal development (Hawkins, Cornwall, & Lewin 2011). While it holds the potential to tackle tenacious issues such as eradicating poverty and hunger, mainstream development discourse has largely ignored issues […]
ICPD+20 asia youth fact sheet
Published in 2014
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Demands to governments, non-governmental bodies, young people, and other stakeholders based on young people’s experiences in Asia. Continue reading ICPD+20 asia youth fact sheet at Arrow.
pacific young people’s SRHR factsheet
Published in 2014
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In the Pacific region 56% of the population is under the age of 25. Pacific young people have diverse needs, opportunities and experiences, living as they do across 20,000 islands around the Pacific ocean. This dynamic group of young people live in urban and rural areas, on remote islands and in large cities. They have […]
young people of asia: what is the status of our sexual and reproductive health and rights?
Published in 2014
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Young people make up nearly half of the global population, with approximately 88% living in developing countries.1 The Asia-Pacific region alone accounts for 60% of the youth population, amounting to approximately 750 million persons. In Asia, young people are heterogeneous, and have come from all walks of life. They are in-school and out of school, […]
reclaiming & redefining rights – sexuality & rights in asia
Published in 2012
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Sex and sexuality are contentious issues: the divide between those who advocate for granting greater individual autonomy and those who argue for greater social control is evident at all political levels. To confer rights connected to the issues of sex and sexuality, UN conventions and conferences such as Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (laotian)
Published in 2007
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ແນວທາງການດຳເນີນວິຖີຊີວິດທາງເພດ (Sexuality) ມຢີ ຫູ່່ າຼ ກຫາຼ ຍດວ້ ຍກນັ . ບນັ ດາ ແນວທາງທ່ີໃຊ້ຫຼາຍທ່ີສຸດແງ່ຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ ດາ້ ນ “ສຂຸ ະພາບ” ແລະ “ການປອ້ ງກນັ ການ ໃຊຄ້ວາມຮນຸແຮງ” , ຊງ່ືຖກືຢນືຢນັແລວ້ວາ່ເປນັ ຈດຸເລມ່ີຕນ້ົ ທເ່ີປນັປະໂຫຍດໃນການປະຕບິດັ ວຽກງານດາ້ ນວຖິ ຊີ ວີ ດິ ທາງເພດ ແລະ ເປນັ ເລອ່ື ງ ຂດັ ແຍງ່ ໃນສງັ ຄມົ ອະນລຸ ກັ ນຍິ ມົ ຫາຼ ຍ ແຫງ່ . ແຕວ່ າ່ ຍອ້ ນບນັ ດາແນວທາງທງັ ສອງ ນ້ັນມີເປ້ົາໝາຍທ່ີສະເພາະເຈາະຈົງເພ່ືອສ່ົງ ເສີມສຸຂະພາບຫືເຼພ່ອືປ້ອງກັນຄວາມຮຸນແຮງ […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality?
Published in 2007
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There are many ways to approach work on sexuality. The most common approaches are from health and violence prevention perspectives, which have proven to be useful entry points for work on sexuality that can be controversial in many of our conservative societies. However, because these approaches have specific purpose—to promote health or to prevent violence—they […]
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (vietnamese)
Published in 2007
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Continue reading arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (vietnamese) at Arrow.
arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (thai)
Published in 2007
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แนวทางการดําเนินงานดานเพศวิถี (sexuality) มีอยูหลากหลายดวยกัน แตที่ นิยมใชมากที่สุดนั้นเปนแนวทางที่อยูบน ฐานของมุมมองดาน ‘สุขภาพ’ และ ‘การ ปองกันความรุนแรง’ อันเปนจุดเริ่มตนที่มี ประโยชนอยางยิ่งในการปฏิบัติงานดาน เพศวิถี ซึ่งเปนเรื่องที่ถกเถียงขัดแยงใน สังคมอนุรักษนิยมหลายแหง ทวาวิธีคิดและ มุมมองทั้งสองนั้นมเีปาหมายที่เฉพาะเจาะจง (เพื่อสรางเสริมสุขภาพหรือเพื่อปองกันความ รุนแรง) จึงมีขอจํากัดและไมสามารถนํามาใช กับประเด็นที่เกี่ยวของกับเพศวิถีไดทั้งหมด ดังนั้นเราจึงตองการวิธีคิด ที่เนนและสนับสนุน (affirm) เพศวิถีในเชิงบวกและรอบดาน Continue reading arrow for change – why affirm sexuality? (thai) at Arrow.
arrow for change – sexuality: gender and sexual practice
Published in 1996
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Discussions about women’s sexuality, unlike in Western feminist discourses in the seventies, are now likely to be contextualised in duscussions about sexual health, sexual practices, risk-taking and disease prevention. This makes sense in the light of the global pandemic in which five million women have become infected by HIV, most commonly during unprotected heterosexual intercourse. […]